UML Contracts in the North West

Unified Modeling Language (UML)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring UML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UML over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 134 145
Rank change year-on-year +14 +11 +20
Contract jobs citing UML 4 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.19% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.22% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £363 £470 £418
25th Percentile £371 £481 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.40% - +20.48%
75th Percentile £387 £522 £525
90th Percentile £389 £539 £555
England median daily rate £520 £625 £540
% change year-on-year -16.80% +15.74% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £43.19
25th Percentile - £37.55 £51.27
Median hourly rate - £40.33 £66.69
Median % change year-on-year - -39.53% +8.48%
75th Percentile - £43.10 £70.47
90th Percentile - - £72.74
England median hourly rate £61.50 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +13.04% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

UML falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,767 2,287 2,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.06% 85.91% 90.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 1,459 1,960
10th Percentile £300 £311 £313
25th Percentile £390 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £566 £594 £588
90th Percentile £663 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 253 139
10th Percentile £15.23 £10.96 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.74 £13.50 £22.47
Median hourly rate £32.25 £24.19 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year +33.32% -30.94% +50.85%
75th Percentile £63.40 £46.18 £49.08
90th Percentile £85.03 £62.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £37.15
% change year-on-year -21.64% -1.75% +48.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing UML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for UML in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UML in the North West.

Daily rate trend for UML in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UML in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for UML in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +19 2 £387 -22.60% 10
Lancashire +3 1 - - 6
Cheshire - 1 £358 - 2
UML
England

UML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Misys Midas
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Systems Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Banking Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (50.00%) Sequence Diagram
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) BPMN
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SysML
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) MISRA
1 1 (25.00%) MISRA C
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian